Canadian Music Fest 2011

Extended for international (non-Canadian) artists only! Over 200 Sonicbids artists will be invited to perform. At least 4 bands from Europe and 1 from Australia will each receive a $1000 CAD travel stipend courtesy of Sonicbids and Canadian Music Fest.


Canadian Music Fest is your opportunity get your band in front of over 3000 industry insiders and 600 media reps from Canada and all over the world - from A&R reps and music publishers to booking agents, promoters, and talent buyers.


Produced by CAAMA, Canadian Music Fest takes place March 9-13, 2011 with over 800 artists filling over 55 venues to mark another installment of Canada’s largest new music festival./n/nExtended for international artists only!

Submissions may have closed for Canadian bands, but if you're an artist from outside of Canada, make your submission by November 30th to be considered for this once-a-year opportunity to get your band in front of over 3000 industry insiders and 600 media reps from Canada and all over the world - from A&R reps and music publishers to booking agents, promoters, and talent buyers.

Produced by CAAMA, Canadian Music Fest takes place March 9-13, 2011 with over 800 artists filling over 55 venues to mark another installment of Canada’s largest new music festival. A minimum of 200 Sonicbids artists will be invited to perform. Of these, four bands from Europe an one from Australia will each receive a $1000 CAD travel stipend courtesy of Sonicbids and Canadian Music Fest. Bands will be paid half of this amount upon proof of travel and half upon performance.

From tomorrow’s emerging artists to today’s hottest concert hit-makers, you'll find them here. Last year alone, featured performances from the following:

Our Lady Peace - Hedley - Constantines - Joel Plaskett - Great Lake Swimmers - Cage the Elephant - IllScarlett - Fucked Up - Dillinger Escape Plan - The Trews - K-OS – Neon Indian - Moneen - Daughtry - DJ Champion and his G Strings - Steel Panther – Little Dragon - Born Ruffians - Faber Drive - Bedouin Soundclash - Jason Collett - The Rural Alberta Advantage - Marianas Trench – Nightmare Air – Children Collide - Default - Platinum Blonde - Speech Debelle - Plants and Animals - Jeff Martin - Comeback Kid - Beast - Arkells - Handsome Furs - Dan Mangan - Timber Timbre - Vivian Girls - Electric Six - Woodhands - and hundreds more!



Bands and artists from over 13 different countries, including Australia, Canada, Italy, Mongolia, Norway, Singapore, Spain, UK, and USA, have already been selected to perform at Canadian Music Fest 2011. Just a few of the artists selected so far include:

• Altan Urag (Mongolia)


• Amberhaze (Singapore)


• Blue King Brown (Melbourne, Australia)


• Einar Flaa Academy (Oslo, Norway)


• The Ettes (Nashville, TN, USA)


• Monika May (Oslo, Norway)


• Red Vienna (Vancouver, BC, Canada)


• Second Grace (Palermo, Italy)


• Spaceships Are Cool (Nottingham, UK)


• Amos The Transparent (Ottawa, ON, Canada)


• Ariane Mahryke Lemire (Edmonton, AB, Canada)


• Autumn Owls (Dublin, Ireland)


• Berri Txarrak (Lekunberri, Spain)


• Bloodgroup (Reykjavik, Iceland)


• Bracing For Downpour (Edmonton, AB, Canada)


• Broken Ride (Calgary, AB, Canada)


• Christine Owman (Malmo, Sweden)


• Citizen Erased (Amherstburg, ON, Canada)


• David Blair (Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada)


• Domestic Crisis Group (Montreal, QC, Canada)


• Eldorado (Madrid, Spain)


• English Words (Charlottetown, PE, Canada)


• Free Moral Agents (Long Beach, CA, USA)


• Gentlemen Husbands (Cobourg, Canada)


• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Vancouver, BC, Canada)


• Gruve (Cayuga, ON, Canada)


• Hey Brother (Hamilton, ON, Canada)


• Jack Carty (Surry Hills, Australia)


• La Patère Rose (Montreal, QC, Canada)


• Life Size Dream (Sudbury, ON, Canada)


• Lunic (New York, NY, USA)


• Mad Anthony (Cincinnati, OH, USA)


• Mad June (Montreal, QC, Canada)


• Makabu (Erfurt, Germany)


• Mélissa Laveaux (Ottawa, ON, Canada)


• Organ Thieves (Toronto, ON, Canada)


• Promonium Jesters (Uxbridge, ON, Canada)


• Righteous Vendetta (Cody, WY, USA)


• Robot Bomb Shelter (San Francisco, CA, USA)


• Royal Canoe (Winnipeg, AB, Canada)


• Santa Clara (Victoria, BC, Canada)


• Sex With Strangers (Vancouver, BC, Canada)


• Snorri Helgason (Reykjavik, Iceland)


• The Draymin (Rosyth, Scotland, UK)


• The Lost Boys (Lakeport, CA, USA)


• The Perfects (Baltimore, MD, USA)


• The Polymorphines (Ottawa, ON, Canada)


• The Printemps (Brooklyn, NY, USA)


• Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Boys (Boston, MA, USA)


• White White Sisters (Tokyo, Japan)


• Writers’ Strike (Halifax, NS, Canada)


• Yunioshi (Nottingham, UK)


• Zachary Lucky (Saskatoon, SK, Canada)

Canadian Music Fest takes place during Canadian Music Week - Canada's annual music convention and film festival - strategically situated on the weekend preceding SXSW. Now in it’s 29th year, Canadian Music Week is recognized as one of the premier entertainment events in North America focusing on the business of music. For artists, it is a chance to learn and network with pros from all sectors of the industry who are at your disposal with the tools and knowledge to build your career in music. With panels, keynotes/celebrity interviews (ranging from the likes of Gene Simmons, Slash, Dave Stewart to Jamie Cullum, Jaron Lanier, Seymour Stein and Bruce Allen), mentoring sessions, film premieres, award shows and an international marketplace, Canadian Music Week is your one-stop music destination to the world.

All entrants will receive a COMPLIMENTARY PASS to attend Canadian Music Week’s TuneUp Conference 2011 (valued at $300 CAD) and a two-year membership to C.A.A.M.A. (Canadian Association for the Advancement of Music and the Arts) - a national, non-profit organization dedicated to the commercial development of the Canadian sound recording business domestically and internationally.

As an added bonus, all bands will have the opportunity to be featured in the "Artist Spotlight" on our site - www.canadianmusicfest.com - with a link back to your Sonicbids EPK. Bands will be spotlighted on a weekly basis, so don't put off your chance to be recognized until the end.

Don't wait... Get your application in now!